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Showing 24512460 of 20828 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 Mar. 1988 – no. 86-16362

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Employee privileges.

Article L625-7

…guard proceedings: 1° By the lien established by Articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15 of the Labour Code, for the causes and amounts defined in the said articles; 2° By the lien of 3°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Insurance and bonding of sworn commodity brokers

Article R131-8

…ying the name of the credit institution with which the account provided for in 1° of article L. 131-15 as well as the number of this account, the amount and duration of the guarantee granted and any r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6352-16

…eas of competence of the local authority are, in cases where the first paragraph of Article LO 6351-15, negotiated and signed by the authorities of the Republic.At its request, the President of the Te…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Working conditions

Article R4141-16

…technique, a worker exposed to new risks or assigned to one of the tasks defined in article R. 4141-15 will receive the safety training provided for in that same article. This training is supplemented…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-16

…r reasons relating to the protection of public health, the measures provided for in article R. 5122-15 may be taken in the event of misuse, as defined in article R. 5121-153, or drug dependence or abu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-28-1

…tegy to promote the principles of the contract of republican commitment mentioned in article L. 131-15-2 ; 3° A presentation of the federal performance project mentioned in article L. 131-15 for feder…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Decision

Article R4234-30

…ng, unless the Chamber is informed that an expert opinion ordered in application of article R. 4221-15-4 is being carried out or has been carried out in the year preceding the registration of the comp…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-18

…ormance contract with an on-demand audiovisual media service within the meaning of Article 2 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 provides for the transmission of information on the number of acts…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-87

I. - For the purposes of determining the 20% limit referred to in article R. 214-85 and the 20% ratio referred to in article R. 214-86, the denominator shall include :1° The assets referred to in 1° o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Trading in financial instruments

Article L764-7

…rom Article L. 433-1, with the exception of the fourth and fifth paragraphs of II thereof Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 433-1-1 Law no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 433-1-2 Law no. 201…

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